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this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm: nearly all the nhs trusts affected by a massive cyber attack have restored their systems, according to the home secretary. 97% of the nhs trusts and hospitals and doctors are working as normal. so the response has in fact been very good, and that's due to the good work of the staff and the resilience that was already put in place. all eyes will be on the ukranian capital kiev this evening as the final of the eurovision song contest takes place. and manchester city close in on a place in the champions league. we'll have that and the rest of the day's sporting action in sportsday. in a few minutes, viewers on bbc one willjoin us for a full round—up
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of the day's news with clive myrie. first, the home secretary, amber rudd, has said that all but a handful of nhs trusts are now back to normal after the global cyber attack which has disrupted health services in england and scotland. one of those trusts affected was in wigan. our correspondent judith moritz is there. at this hospital they have been affected to a certain extent but they worked quickly to shut down computers to make sure that the virus did not spread even further. that is something that you did first of all, isn't it? yesterday afternoon, when did you first noticed there was a problem? just after two o'clock we got our first notification of the ransom we re first notification of the ransom were appearing on one of systems. we closed down internal communications within minutes, meaning that the
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virus could not spread any further. we now know that reigned about 30 of out we now know that reigned about 30 of our desktops and laptops have been affected and about five of our systems, but for each of the systems that have been affected we have a workaround because we have a business continuity planning process which is now working very well, so the amount of inconvenience and suffering has been very minimal as faras suffering has been very minimal as far as patients are concerned. we are very pleased with the response of staff. double what has been the effect on some services, pathology for example are having to take notes by hand and answer phone calls in person. that is correct. the diagnostic tests and scans are absolutely as normal, but whereas in the past the results would be available electronically, that part of the system is not working. the results are available either by telephone or in a written report.
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you have asked people not come to a&e in case it really is an emergency. we have asked people to understand that they may have more of the delay than usual, but we do not want to deter people coming. behind the scenes, you have the it team, who would normally be off at the weekend, working around the clock. the whole of the it department, about 20 of them, are working tremendously hard. they were back at six o'clock this morning to fix the system is one by one, because we want to be back to normal as quickly as we can. that takes us into next week, at the moment as it -- it is into next week, at the moment as it —— it isa into next week, at the moment as it —— it is a weekend, but some hospitals have said that they are looking at perhaps having to make cancellations for surgery into next week. what is the situation? we are not expecting to have any cancellations at all at the moment, and that is because our main system,
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the electronic patient records, is working. that will back—up any procedure is taking place on monday. what we will be waiting for either systems maintained by external suppliers, who are swamped by people being —— asking them to fix them. it is the pathology and radiology reporting systems that are part of external reporting systems and they need to confirm that they are all right to work properly. good evening. five nhs trusts have yet to return to normal following an international cyber attack on friday, which caused 43 to go back to normal. ambulances have been diverted, and patients to have treatment cancelled or delayed. speaking after an emergency meeting of the government's cobra committee, home secretary amber rudd said a8,
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or a fifth of all trusts, were affected — but that the vast majority were now operating as normal. the cyber attack hit hospitals in scotland as well. this report from our health editor hugh pym. the news shocked staff and patient alike. the cyber attack shut down key systems. ron grimshaw won't forget it in a hurry. he was in the middle of having an mmi scan but it was abruptly halted and he will have to go back. i was stunned, obviously stunned, and the nurse said this is the first time this has happened. i was thinking, why me? there we are. health secretaryjeremy hunt was at a meeting of the emergency committee along with the home secretary, who denied there were weaknesses in nhs systems. i don't believe it is to do with being prepared. there is always more we can all do to make sure we are secure more we can all do to make sure we are secure against viruses but i think there had already been good preparation in place by the nhs to make sure that they were ready for this sort of attack. in england,
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hospital and ambulance services have been affected at 48 trusts along with gp practices. in scotland 11 out of 14 health boards have felt the impact including health boards and gp surgeries. the ambulance service was also affected. the nhs is very much in the recovery phase. there is a great deal of work on going to get systems back to normal and every effort is being made to ensure any impact on patient care is kept to a minimum. amd is working normally. they say while they contained the virus it could take a while before they restorer nonurgent services. 2000 have been taken out of commission. each one will need reimaging. that takes time. it will ta ke reimaging. that takes time. it will take a few days but we will be working round—the—clock to do that as fast as we can. staff have been
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working flat out to get systems up and running normally. i'm concerned because we don't know what we will find on monday morning. i think we've got sufficient understanding of the nature of the problem that we can be very confident we can solve whatever comes up on monday morning. all but five of the english trusts have restored their networks. there could be more cancellations of routine surgery and appointment next week. well in the last half hour the national crime agency has said it will do everything in its power to catch those behind yesterday's attack. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford joins me. what more have they been saying? the head of the crime agency was standing shoulder to shoulder with the leader of the national cyber security centre and said they did not believe the nhs had been specifically targeted but it was the
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main organisation affected. she said their absolute focus was to catch their absolute focus was to catch the criminals who did this but at this stage they don't know if it was a sophisticated criminal gang or a collection of hackers. we haven't identified the offenders at this moment in time but we are deploying all means available to us and we have a number of lines of enquiry. it is really important we pursue those quickly so we can reassure the public we are taking this very seriously. she had one specific message to anyone affected, don't pay the ransom. contact the national reporting centre for cyber crime. jeremy corbyn has denied senior labourfigures are already accepting defeat in the general election. it follows comments from his deputy tom watson that the conservatives could be heading for a landslide victory. mr corbyn said both he and mr watson were ‘working flat out‘ to get labour elected onjune the 8th. meanwhile, the former labour prime minister, gordon brown, urged voters not to give theresa may "a blank cheque"
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to run the country. our political correspondent ian watson reports. the conservatives are waging a war on the brewer. that is the claim from this former prime ministers. you might expect it to say that the next labour government. it but his emphasis is on holding theresa may to account. her brittan will have more inequality and poverty than what we saw in the thatcher years. no conservative prime minister should ever be given a free hand. the deputy leader tom watson insisted he was determined to turn round labour's position in the polls but warned of the dangers of a big conservative victory. he said if she still commands the lead in the balls she had at the start she will have on margaret thatcher style majority. as labour mps battle to get back to westminster we are seeing a tale of
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two campaigns. the official one emphasising what they would do in government and the unofficial one where some candidates tell me they are going beyond what gordon brown and tom watson are saying. they are telling voters they simply are campaigning to become a strong opposition. in some local leaflets there is no mention ofjeremy corbyn. the emphasis is on reining in may. jeremy corbyn wanted to focus on the election issues. he said he was working flat out for victory and he did not recognise talk of defeat. not at all. i'm out round the whole country putting out a message. we are a party to the many, not the few. we will invest in the nhs, the education system, we will protect our pensions and pensioners and we will ensure there is an expanding economy that works for all. jeremy corbyn doesn't think
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he needs to shore up his support but he needs to shore up his support but he and his deputy reader both agree the party faces a huge challenge to turn the political tide beforejune eight. the liberal democrats say their election manifesto will include proposals to build 300,000 new homes a year, for sale and rent, by 2022. the leader tim farron also says developers who stockpile land without building on it would be penalised. and theresa may's been campaigning in northern ireland today. she called on politicians there to work together to return to power sharing. controversy over a botched renewable energy scheme led to the collapse of the stormont executive in january. more than eight hundred children and teenagers, who'd lost a parent while serving in the armed forces, have attended a garden party at buckingham palace. they were welcomed by the duke and duchess of cambridge, and prince harry. among them, was the widow and son of the fusilier lee rigby, who was killed in a terror attack in 2013. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. it's a very large garden accustomed
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to formal events like garden parties but it's the perfect place for a children's party which is exactly what was happening at buckingham palace this afternoon. a hundred children have been invited to the palace by the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry for a very special reason. each of these children have lost the pa rent each of these children have lost the parent serving in the armed forces. one of them was jack rigby, the six—year—old son of fusilier rigby rigby, murdered by extremists in london four years ago —— fusilier rigby. it isa it is a chance to know that you're ina set it is a chance to know that you're in a set environment, you can ask advice of the other parents, they've been through similar things and at
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different points gone through the same things you have, the questions, the explanations... it is a fantastic opportunity. they met prince harry who was demonstrating plate spinning. the royalsjoined m, plate spinning. the royalsjoined in, posing for pictures and entertaining the crowd, all of it with a serious message. we, as a family and the nation, will never forget about the sacrifices everyone of you made. this event brings together three of the issues they ta ke together three of the issues they take an interest in, young people, the armed forces, and bereavement. for a few hours, those wider carers could be put to one side. that's it. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, and i'll be back with the late news, at 11.25 tonight. now on bbc1 it's time
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for the news where you are. bye for now. hello, this is bbc news. the home secretary, amber rudd, has said most of the 48 nhs organisations in england that were affected by a cyber attack have returned to what she called their normal course of business. only six, she said, still had someone hits on the treatment of patients. it is certainly good news that the nhs is managing to get things back up nhs is managing to get things back up and running, hopefully they have patched the security flaw, because we now know that the way that this was spreading was through a known
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vulnerability in windows operating systems that had been patched by microsoft but not necessarily every company had installed that patch. it is the same when you update your phone, and another update, it is a lwa ys phone, and another update, it is always a good idea to update the security first of all. windows also issued a patch for xp, which had not been updated for three years. we have heard from security researchers that there are a new strains of the worm, the bit that is spreading the ra nsomwa re, worm, the bit that is spreading the ransomware, which worm, the bit that is spreading the ra nsomwa re, which could worm, the bit that is spreading the ransomware, which could mean that this continues to spread. white .it . it looks like good news here in britain, but some 100 countries where are affected. one antivirus
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company, tier, said that they had had 71,000 detections, a computer thatis had 71,000 detections, a computer that is now running software are looking for this ransomware. they have spotted it, that is just from one antivirus company, so you can see how far that it has got. it is an indiscriminate worm, they are looking for this version of windows that it can get to if it can. there isa that it can get to if it can. there is a search engine on the internet that lets you look for computers running this particular door that is open onto the internet. previously we have seen this particular search engine used to stop people running webcams... some are connected to the webcams, you can get those security cameras connected to the internet. those search engines let you find ones that do not have a password connected to it, so it is quite easy
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to target this. but the worm that spreads and spreads, it is indiscriminate, it has ended up in the car industry, we have heard from nissan, they have had problems, obviously the nhs and telecoms firms like telefonica. we have just been talking about windows, you have just mentioned webcams, is itjust windows that are particularly vulnerable, is it windows could it be any software? any software can have in it. people like to target windows because it is so whately used. there was an old saying that macs do not get viruses, but that is because it was not worthwhile making viruses for macs because not many people use them. you now see more people use them. you now see more people making viruses for them in the same way that people make viruses for phones because it is such a widespread operating system, the most popular one out there, so it is worthwhile to make viruses. if
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businesses are running on windows it make sense to target your efforts there if you want some ransom money. the funeral has taken place of the romanian woman thrown into the river thames during the westminster bridge terror attack in march. andreea cristea became the fifth victim after extremist khalid masood drove his car into pedestrians before stabbing and killing a police officer. the 31—year—old was pulled from the river but died two weeks later. masood was shot dead by police. for patients who need palliative care in the final days of their lives, the option to be cared for, and die, at home, isn't something that's always available. a new survey suggests that one of the main barriers is a shortage of specialists who can also offer the right training to family members. graham satchell reports. my husband, roger, i'd been married to for 47 years
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and he was raf aircrew. a brave man. 13 years ago, he was diagnosed with cancer. when his condition was terminal, the only thing he wanted to do was to die in his own house, with his own things and me looking after him. ok, so we'll practise with some water. we'lljust draw up a mil of water. zilla took part in a trial project. with the help of a district nurse, she was trained to give controlled doses of pain—relief to her husband at home. how easy did you find this process? yes, it was easy for me, with your adequate instruction. zilla didn't have to actually inject the pain—relief into her husband's arm — a thin tube or cannula was already in place and the dosage was controlled. it allowed her to relieve her husband's pain in the dying days, without relying on a nurse who could be several hours away.
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this was such a godsend to me, to be able to do that. it took away all of the helpless feeling you have to see someone you have loved for so long in pain, and it was wonderful. it is so important for people to have the death they want, where they want it to be. it has a lasting effect on the family they leave behind and i think that if that family can see they died peacefully and pain—free, at home, where they wanted to be, then that's the overriding factor. and we just secure that... according to the national council for palliative care, most people would prefer to die at home, but a survey of 370 healthcare professionals suggests, for many, it's not happening. more than one third of nurses and gps who support dying people at home say staffing levels are not sufficient to meet pain—management needs. 20% said their caseload was not manageable and nearly one third said the availability of end—of—life care
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training in theirarea was inadequate. our study shows that we are really failing people who want to spend their final days and weeks at home. we know that pain is people's greatest fear, and if it is not controlled that will lead to emergency admissions to hospital and bad memories for the families who live on. the department of health in england says everyone should be involved as much as they want in plans around their death. having family members administer pain—relief won't be for everyone, but it is becoming one option in the final days of life. it certainly gave me such a feeling that i'd been here to the end with roger and made his last days completely pain—free. and he died with me and both his sons here, holding his hand, just as he would have wanted. the eurovision song contest final is being held in ukraine this evening, with italy's entry, an act involving a man
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dressed as a gorilla, the strong favourite to win. luciejones will be representing the uk, performing her ballad never give up on you. earlier i spoke to our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg, who's in kiev, and he gave us behind the scenes look before tonight's big event. this is what the united nations or the european union should be like. fans, journalists, bloggers, they have decorated their tables with national flags and bulletins. have decorated their tables with nationalflags and bulletins. let have decorated their tables with national flags and bulletins. let us go and chat to some of them. the italians of the —— are over here. hello from italy! he sings in italian. do you think italy could win
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tonight? we have a chance. but portugal and bulgaria and other good entries. why'd you like eurovision? eurovision is magical, it is amazing, here there are so many different cultures and it is friendship, and especially this year we really celebrate diversity. good luck. italy is one of the favourites tonight, but also portugal. hello. they are a quiet, modest lot here! do you think you're going to win?
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yes. absolutely. what does eurovision mean to people in portugal, how popular is it? note is very popular. salvador conquered portugal. notjust portugal, ithink the whole world. the united kingdom has not won for 20 years, people in oui’ has not won for 20 years, people in our country like to make jokes about eurovision, do people in portugal ta ke eurovision, do people in portugal take more seriously? not before, but now we have the portuguese national team, we have benfica, several people supporting the salvador and sending messages, so you can imagine what is happening in portugal. it is very big. interesting. we wish you good luck. not too much luck because of course we want to win tonight. all the best. i think that the uk
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has a strong entry. her song is a strong one. perhaps this could be the year that at least the united kingdom makes the top ten on the eurovision scoreboard. we will have to wait and see. make sure you watch later on tonight. he is so calmly, but he is eurovision's biggest fan. time for the weather. today we have had a great deal of sunshine but there is rain moving in from the west, that has pushed into scotland, and rather grey and cool senior in perth and kinross where rain is desperately needed. you can see the extent of clay breaks in england and wales. there is more rain coming in from the west into northern ireland, wales, that will tra nsfer northern ireland, wales, that will transfer its way eastwards. there could be heavy bursts of rain. the
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temperatures will stay up on the eastern side to 11 or 12 celsius. temperatures could get low enough for a pinch of grass frost in rural parts of northern ireland. tomorrow, if you're out and about early temperatures will recover quickly in northern ireland. there will be a south—westerly breeze and lots of sunshine. sunshine and one oche showers in northern scotland. the rain still clinging on to the mainland. one ortwo rain still clinging on to the mainland. one or two showers wandering in from the south—west, but for most of england and wales sunday will be bright and sunny. a little breezy and temperatures around 13 celsius. the rain clears from east anglia, takes a little longer to clear north—east scotland, heading towards orkney and shetland. sunshine and showers, one or two heavy ones for northern ireland and scotland. there could be a line of showers towards the home counties.
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temperatures in the high teens, 20 01’ temperatures in the high teens, 20 or so temperatures in the high teens, 20 orso in the temperatures in the high teens, 20 or so in the sunshine and the south—east. more people in the premier league. generally speaking it will be dry. if you catch a show you will be quite unlucky, or a lucky depending on how you want to look at it. a breeze picking up. this will pressure is heading our way, picking up the war meyler, that will bring sickening cloud and outbreaks of rain. that will always be heavier across the western hells. rain will most anywhere, perhaps not much in the south east. temperatures could be as high as 25 celsius on tuesday. hello, this is bbc news.
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